The twice former United States National Snooker Champion, Ajeya Prabhakar, battled away to win his opening Group K match in the Men's Event of the 2016 International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Championships at the Al-Sadd Sports Club Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

Prabhakar made a very slow start however as he went 3-1 behind to the player from the Isle of Man, but many times as a player he has produced his best snooker when his back has been against the wall, and he reeled off the next three frames, which included a break of 63 in frame six, for a much needed 4-3 victory.

Prabhakar is next in action against Thailand's Issara Kachaiwong tomorrow, November 21, at 7pm (8am Pacific Time / 11am Eastern Time in the United States).

Ajeya Prabhakar pictured during his Men's Event Group K victory over Sean Corkish

In his first Group I match in the Men's Event, Ahmed Aly Elsayed meanwhile suffered a crushing 4-0 defeat to Ireland's Declan Brennan, and his progress will not be made any easier when he next takes on the former professional from Switzerland, 20-year-old Alexander Ursenbacher, tomorrow, November 21, at 7pm local time.

Ahmed Aly Elsayed pictured during his Men's Event Group I encounter against Declan Brennan

In the Masters' Event, both Amitabh Seth and Jeff Szafransky were competing respectively in Groups B and C against Ireland's Shane Gorman and Belgium's Johny Moermans, with the Americans going down to 3-0 and 3-1 losses. Seth will now match up against Iran's Jahangir Habibzadehdehkordi tomorrow, November 21, at 7pm local time, while Szafransky has a free day tomorrow and will next play the former professional World Championship semifinalist, Darren Morgan of Wales, on November 22 at 10am local time (11pm Pacific Time / 2am Eastern Time in the United States).

Jeff Szafransky pictured in action during his Masters' Event Group C match against Johny Moerman

SnookerUSA.com will report on all of the match results, though a complete list of the Group draws and results from each of the events is available on the official scoring website:
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» Ladies' Event
» Masters' Event